Comments on: My favorite WoW boss http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/ Tanking Hard since 1876! Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:26:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: cat tablets web log » Blog Archive » My favorite WoW boss http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-219 cat tablets web log » Blog Archive » My favorite WoW boss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:55:39 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-219 [...] Tank Hard! always has something good to say. I like this one posted earlier today. Follow the link for the whole thing. Allow me to introduce my dear friend, the second boss of Blackwing Lair, Vaelstrasz the Corrupt. Vael pops up a couple other places in the game (LBRS and UBRS) where he is friendly and helps you out, but when you see him in BWL it’s a different story. First, a quick rundown of BWL lore. BWL is the home of Nefarian, son of Neltharion. Netharion was the leader of the Black Dragonflight and, like most of the dragons in WoW lore was a pretty cool dude. But then he went all emo and started listeni [...] [...] Tank Hard! always has something good to say. I like this one posted earlier today. Follow the link for the whole thing. Allow me to introduce my dear friend, the second boss of Blackwing Lair, Vaelstrasz the Corrupt. Vael pops up a couple other places in the game (LBRS and UBRS) where he is friendly and helps you out, but when you see him in BWL it’s a different story. First, a quick rundown of BWL lore. BWL is the home of Nefarian, son of Neltharion. Netharion was the leader of the Black Dragonflight and, like most of the dragons in WoW lore was a pretty cool dude. But then he went all emo and started listeni [...]

]]> By: sevve http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-216 sevve Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:37:46 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-216 "Don’t forget the hunter-accidentally-shot-the-boss-while-everyone-was-still-getting-buffed wipe" Hehe yes I forgot that one, we actually had a hunter do that with a target-dummy though. “Don’t forget the hunter-accidentally-shot-the-boss-while-everyone-was-still-getting-buffed wipe”

Hehe yes I forgot that one, we actually had a hunter do that with a target-dummy though.

]]> By: Dryn http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-215 Dryn Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:08:07 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-215 "But then he went all emo and started listening to Thursday and My Chemical Romance and he probably got some tatoos of a rose with a tear or something and he changed his name to Deathwing." Epic rendition of WoW lore there. :D “But then he went all emo and started listening to Thursday and My Chemical Romance and he probably got some tatoos of a rose with a tear or something and he changed his name to Deathwing.”

Epic rendition of WoW lore there. :D

]]> By: Dryn http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-214 Dryn Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:01:35 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-214 Unfortunately, KTM was around when I was doing this fight, and the raid leader insisted that everyone used it. Still fun, though. Vael felt like a fast-paced panic fight, which you simply don't see in TBC; everything is all about endurance and being careful. Vael was WoW on the edge. ;) I'd have to say that next to possibly Buru in AQ20 (lolkite!) Vael was one of my favourites, even though I wasn't playing a tank back then. I'd love to go back there sometime. Gonna try to force some guildies to get attuned and spend a whole night wiping on Razorgore again. :D Good times! Unfortunately, KTM was around when I was doing this fight, and the raid leader insisted that everyone used it. Still fun, though. Vael felt like a fast-paced panic fight, which you simply don’t see in TBC; everything is all about endurance and being careful. Vael was WoW on the edge. ;)

I’d have to say that next to possibly Buru in AQ20 (lolkite!) Vael was one of my favourites, even though I wasn’t playing a tank back then. I’d love to go back there sometime. Gonna try to force some guildies to get attuned and spend a whole night wiping on Razorgore again. :D Good times!

]]> By: Rochelle http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-213 Rochelle Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:39:18 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-213 Don't forget the hunter-accidentally-shot-the-boss-while-everyone-was-still-getting-buffed wipe Don’t forget the hunter-accidentally-shot-the-boss-while-everyone-was-still-getting-buffed wipe

]]> By: sevve http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-212 sevve Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:54:08 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-212 After a few healers-didnt-heal wipes, you had the random-dpser-agro wipes, which led to the someguy-goes-too-close-and-gets-the-raid-chaincleaved wipes. In between all these you obviously had the random-guy-blows-up-raid wipes and some-rogue-forgot-to-vanish wipes. After the last couple of 1% wipes, everything was perfect and he was down. You knew you were sailing away from the other guilds deep into BWL. Still, one thing makes me think. How hard could this fight be with threat meters? Raiding had a lot more charm back then. After a few healers-didnt-heal wipes, you had the random-dpser-agro wipes, which led to the someguy-goes-too-close-and-gets-the-raid-chaincleaved wipes. In between all these you obviously had the random-guy-blows-up-raid wipes and some-rogue-forgot-to-vanish wipes. After the last couple of 1% wipes, everything was perfect and he was down. You knew you were sailing away from the other guilds deep into BWL.

Still, one thing makes me think. How hard could this fight be with threat meters?
Raiding had a lot more charm back then.

]]> By: sevve http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-211 sevve Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:41:40 +0000 http://www.tankhard.com/2008/02/22/my-favorite-wow-boss/#comment-211 Couldn't agree more on that one. Couldn’t agree more on that one.

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